Automatic egg-beater.



J. J. McLOY. AUTOMATIC EGG BEATER.

APPHCATION FILED DEC. 17. 19M.

Patented July 27, 1915.

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1. '1. McLOY.

AUTOMATIC EGG BEATER.

APPLIQATION FILED DEC. 17. 1914.

1,l148,032. Patented July 27, 1915.

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M) mam/ 2O invention consists in certain novel features STATESPATE"JESSE J. McLoYj or cnirromaaizoive.

.lYA'UTOMATIC' EGG' BEATER.

. App1icati'onfilcdJJecemberI'i; 1914. *1 Serial No. 877,752.

T all whom it may concern Be it known :that I, Jnssn J. MoLor, a.

' citizen of; the :United States, residing at Clifton, in the county ofGreenlee andState of Arizona, haveinvented. certain new and.

useful Improvements in. Automatic Egg.

Beaters, of which the following isa speci cation.

This invention relates to devices for boating eggs, whipping cream,-.andfor like purposes, and has for one of itsvobiects to im-... prove theconstruction and increase the efrl ciency' and utility of devices. ofthisichar-v I act-er.

Another object of the invention isto provide a simply constructed deviceadapted to be actuated bya spring, and which may be.

adjusted. to vessels of various sizes andforms.

With these and other objects in view, the

of construction as hereafter shown and described, and then specificallypointed out inthe clalms; and in the drawings (illustrative of thepreferred embodiment of. thein vention, Figure -l is a side elevation ofthe improved device applied to a conventional dish, the dish being insection; Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the main shaft;

Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the step of the operatingshaft; Fig. his a detached perspective view of the coupling memberbetween the shaft and. the beater blades; Fig. 5 is a detachedperspective viewcream or otherproduct to be actedqupomp the dish being.represented conventionally nectedrigidly to theshaft by a set-screw 38,

longitudinal slots 14'15 nearv the ends.v Thev member 12 is provided.with spaced clamping bolts 16 which extendthrough, the

slot 1 1 and are provided .witli clamp-nuts 17. The member 13 isprovided with. clamp bolts 18 extending through the'slot 15 and providedwith clamp nuts 19;? By this are rangement, the members 1213 may be ad"justed longitudinally of the member 11 within the range of the slots1%15, to.

rying a clam-pbolt 21, while the member 13 is formed with a dependingportion 22 carrying a" clamp bolt 23, toenable the frame to. be..clampedtothe upper edge of the dish. 10.

. Attached tozthe lower face of the main frame member 11 is a hangerframe 2% havinga depending sleeve 25. The frame member 111s likewiseformed with adepending -sleeve.26,. the lower. end of. the sleeve 26beform of anelongatedgear pinion and a re- .duced body portion 28. Atits lower end,

the body portion 28 is still further reduced, as shown at 29, to-engageinra socket plate or step 30. .The member 30 is designed to bear looselyupon the bottom of the dish 10 and the shaft is'mounted for. rotation inthe stepLlThe shaft may be secured in any suitfor instance, by a cotterpin, indicated at 31. By this means the step and the shaft may beseparated,'when required, while at the same .time' the. shaft is freelyrotatable in the slidably disposed through the sleeves 25-26 and, at thesame time, freely rotative thereinavitha portion of the toothed part ofthe shaft constantly exposed in the space between the lower end of thesleeve 26 and the upper face of the hanger frame as shown in Fig. 1.Disposed upon the portion 28 of the shaft is a head member 32 having a"plurality of flat faces, and conlower end of the. portion 28 of theshaft. 'The construction of the beater blades is rep resented morespecifically in .Fig. 5, and formed of two'flat narrow ribbon-like metal.members 843,5, crossing each other intermediate their ends andperforated, as represented at 36, to receive the reduced'portion 29 ofthe shaft, and curved'outwardly and thence upwardly. and inwardly andsecured,

asrepresented at 37, to the head member 82.

Mounted for rotation through the frame member 11 and the hanger frame 24are shafts 3839 spaced apart, as shown. An operating spring is inclosedwithin a casing 4L0 connected to the frame member 11, the spring beingconnected at one end to the shaft and at the other end to the casing inthe ordinary manner. A gear il and a winding ratchet a2 are associatedwith the shaft 38 and the gear 41 and likewise with the spring, toenable the spring to rotate the shaft 38 in the ordinary manner;

Connected to rotate with the shaft 39 is a pinion 43 engaging the gear41, while a relatively large gear M is likewise connected to rotate withthe shaft 39 and engages apinion 45 fast upon a sleeve l6 mounted torotate around the shaft 38, the shaft 38 thus forming a journal for thesleeve and its attachments. A relatively large gear 47 is likewiseconnected to rotate with the sleeve a6 and engages the toothed portion27 of the driving shaft between the lower end of the sleeve 26 and theupper face of the hanger frame 24. By this simple arrangement, thespring within the casing 40 is utilized to impart motion to the maindriving shaft, and the latter may be adjusted vertically within therange of the toothed portion Q'T without being disconnected from thegearing. By this simple arrangement, the improved device is adapted todishes of various depths without the necessity of adjusting the maindriving shaft as the latter automatically adapts itself to the depth ofthe dish by simply sliding vertically within the sleeves 2526, as thestep 30 controls the position of the shaft relative to the dish.

The upper end of the shaft 39 is provided with an enlarged head 48 toreceive a brake device, the latter being formed from a single strip oftempered steel bent upon itself to form spaced sides and inclosing a pin49 at the bend and curved, as shown at 50-51, to engage around theenlargement 48 and thence extended, as shown at 5253, and the extendedportions connected by a clamp bolt 54 having a wing nut 55. By thismeans an effectual brake device is produced whereby the speed may bereadily controlled or the motion stopped entirely by actuating the thumbnut.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured and adapted to dishes of various sizes and forms andautomatically adapts itself to the depth of the dish, and requires noattention from the operator so far as the depth of the dish isconcerned.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In adevice of the character described,

a support, a hanger carried by said support, a guide sleeve dependingfrom said hanger, a guide sleeve depending from said support inlongitudinal alinement with the sleeve of the hanger and spaced at itslower end from the hanger, a shaft adapted to actuate beater devices andhaving an elongated gear pinion slidable and rotative in said sleeveswith a portion of the pinion constantly exposed between the hanger andthe sleeve of the support, and a motor driven device including a gear inconstant engagement with the exposed portion of the shaft pinion.

2. In a device of the character described, a support, guide sleevesassociated with said support and spaced apart at their confront ingends, a shaft adapted to actuate beater devices and including anelongated gear pinion rotative and slidable in said sleeves with aportion constantly exposed between the ends of the sleeves, and a motordriven device including a gear in constant engagement with the exposedportion of the shaft pinion.

8. In a device of the character described. a support, guide sleevesassociated with said support and spaced apart at their confronting ends,a shaft including an elongated gear pinion rotative and slidable in saidsleeves with a portion constantly exposed between the ends of thesleeves, a step in which said shaft is mounted for rotation, a headmember carried by said shaft, means for rigidly coupling said head.member to said shaft, beater devices comprising blades crossing eachother intermediate their ends and engaging said shaft at their crossingpoints and thence bent outwardly and upwardly and connected to said headdevice, and a motor driven device including a gear in constantengagement with the exposed portion of the shaft pinion.

4. In a device of the character described, a support adapted to beattached to a receptacle, co-acting guide sleeves carried by saidsupport and spaced apart at their con fronting ends, a shaft carryingbeater devices and including an elongated pinion, said pinion beingslidable and rotative in said sleeves, and a step in which said shaft isrotative and adapted to bear upon the bottom of said receptacle, aportion of said pinion being constantly exposed between the confrontingends of said sleeves, and a motor including a gear in constantengagement with the exposed portion of the pinion. In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, JESSE J. MoLOY. [1,. s.] Witnesses:

J. H. FENWIOK, J. J. WIDENER.

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